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Originally Posted by tony286
If the average age is 29 then it's not a starter job anymore, it's job. Once these were factory workers.
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This was my point. Yes, in a perfect world fast food places and other jobs like this would be starter jobs for high school kids, recent grads, or part time gigs for people just looking to make a few extra bucks. I saw the other day that 53% of the all the jobs being created in this country are lower paying jobs. That is up from where it was right after the recession, but the reality of these days is that there are a ton of young people who have gone to college and got degrees and are now finding out that qualifies them to fold shirts at the Gap because that is the type of jobs that are out there.
I'm not saying this is proof we should pay fast food workers $15/hr (although I saw a story the other day about a guy who owns a Chick Fil A who was going to start paying his employees $17/hr). I'm just saying the work landscape has changed and will continue to do so.